Gang activity in Lexington Count SC., Deputy Sheriff ambushed, February 8.

[jody]

Lexington County Sheriff Dept.

Lexington County Sheriff’s Department deputies and members of a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force on Sunday, February 8 arrested two men and one 15-year-old boy on charges that they tried to fatally shoot a sheriff’s deputy who was responding to a call from a citizen concerning a suspicious vehicle on Oakwood Drive near West Columbia.

Lexington County Sheriff James R. Metts said the two men and 15-year-old boy opened fire with a 12-gauge shotgun while Deputy Ted Xanthakis and his K-9 police dog partner, Arcos, were in Xanthakis’ marked patrol car. Pellets from the shotgun damaged the door frame and windows on the passenger’s side of the patrol car. Xanthakis and Arcos were not injured.

Deputies arrested Carlos Alfredo Diaz De Leon, 17, of 600 Ermine Road, Lot 697, West Columbia, and Lucino Guzman Guttierrez, 20, of 600 Ermine Road, Lot 504, West Columbia, on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill, Metts said. De Leon and Guttierrez were being held on Sunday at the Lexington County Detention Center while awaiting bond hearings. In addition to being charged with assault and battery with intent kill, De Leon was charged with unlawfully possessing a handgun and driving without a valid driver’s license.

Deputies also took custody of a 15-year-old boy, who was being housed on Sunday at a pre-trial detention facility on Broad River Road in Columbia that is operated by the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, Metts said. The boy will be housed at the facility until he appears for a hearing in family court in Lexington County. Detectives will recommend that the boy be prosecuted in family court on a charge of assault and battery with intent to kill. Under South Carolina law, Metts cannot identify the 15-year-old boy because the boy is a child.

De Leon, Guttierrez and the 15-year-old boy illegally entered the United States from Mexico, Metts said. The Sheriff’s Department will work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement concerning the immigration status of De Leon, Guttierrez and the 15-year-old boy.

Guttierrez is a member of a criminal gang, Metts said. Detectives are investigating whether De Leon and the 15-year-old boy also are members of the criminal gang. The motive for the shooting incident remains under investigation.

Illegal Aliens Targeted Deputy for Assassination as Gang {SUR-13} Initiation

[rpannier]

1. This is outrageous

No doubt shill o'lielly will bilk this story for all it's worth

[Historic NY]

2. This is about the 4th assassination attempt made nationwide on law enforcement.

http://www.kypost.com/news/local/story/Police-Suspect-In-Officer-Shooting-Takes-Own-Life/ZwCmxJN-cUuDGKF6tfyF2A.cspx

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wxxi/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1465350§ionID=5606

all were by young males one even shot a deputy in his own house.

[jody]

3. Thanks, looks like domestic terrorism is spreading like kudzu from big cities and not receiving much

attention at the national level and in congress or the administration.

The type of criminal violence that threatens Mexico could easily occur in the U.S.

IMO fighting domestic terrorism is a "shovel ready project" and should be #1 priority on the stimulus list.

[vadawg]

4. This is getting more and more common

every day in Roll Call there are more threats being given to cops everywere. A big issue is that the latino gangs are getting pressure from their mother organisations back in mexico and el salvador to prove their worth by killing cops. Its not become an epidemic yet, but the signs are all there.

[jody]

5. More than 800,000 sworn officers in the US are targets for this growing menace but congress and the

administration give it scant attention.

[varkam]

6. I'm normally against harsh prison sentences...

but IMO, when you try to kill a cop for shits and giggles, you get what you get.